It’s one thing to give a century-old warehouse new life. Whatever difficulties may accompany renovation, the exposed brick walls and wood floors create atmosphere, and…
Adrienne Dean Scharnikow just couldn’t let the Avalon House be torn down, even when it had to be moved—twice. After all, this 3-story, circa-1895 Queen…
1st Place, Historic It sounds almost like a daredevil act or at least a contradiction: a building located beside a fault line, in one of…
It was an idea first proposed in the 1990s that took nearly three decades to reach fruition, despite support from governors, senators and even presidents….
Each year in the United States, hundreds of old warehouses are lovingly renovated and given new life: as offices, art galleries, restaurants. Often with steel-framed…
When the historic Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Va., reopened its doors on March 7, 2018, after an $85 million restoration, it was the end…